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Women's reproductive rights in the inter-American system of human rights: conclusions from the Field, June - September 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The Inter-American System of Human Rights has proven to be a forum for the advancement of women’s reproductive rights in the Inter-American region. However, the Inter-American System faces significant challenges in promoting structural transformative ...
Adriana Maroto Vargas -Academic   +20 more
core   +1 more source

Trade-offs between personal immunity and reproduction in the burying beetle, N. vespilloides [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We know that parental investment and immune investment are costly processes, but it is unclear which trait will be prioritised when both may be required.
Cotter, Sheena C.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Impact of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Livestock Health: An Emerging Risk for Reproductive Efficiency

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Pollution due to microplastics and nanoplastics is one of the major environmental issues of the last decade and represents a growing threat to human and animal health.
Susy Urli   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reproductive Apparatus, Gonadic Maturation, and Allometry of Cyclocephala barrerai Martínez (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae)

open access: yesInsects, 2022
The Order Coleoptera provides good examples of morphological specializations in the reproductive apparatus, gonadic maturation, and allometry differing between the sexes. The female and male reproductive apparatus has been modified to ensure reproduction
Abraham Sanchez-Cruz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of RFamide-Related Peptide-3 in Age-Related Reproductive Decline in Female Rats. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Reproductive senescence, the point in time when females cease to show estrous cyclicity, is associated with endocrine changes in the hypothalamus, pituitary, and gonads. However, the mechanisms triggering this transition are not well understood.
Bentley, George E   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Parallelism and divergence in immune responses: a comparison of expression levels in two lakes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Question: How do immune phenotypes differ between infected and uninfected wild individuals, and is the effect the same in different populations? Organisms: Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from two lake populations on the island of North ...
Ando   +43 more
core   +2 more sources

Evolutionary connectionism: algorithmic principles underlying the evolution of biological organisation in evo-devo, evo-eco and evolutionary transitions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The mechanisms of variation, selection and inheritance, on which evolution by natural selection depends, are not fixed over evolutionary time. Current evolutionary biology is increasingly focussed on understanding how the evolution of developmental ...
A Clark   +156 more
core   +1 more source

Factors associated with health care provider knowledge on abortion care in Ethiopia, a further analysis on emergency obstetric and newborn care assessment 2016 data

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Abortion is one of the major direct causes of maternal death, accounting for 7.9% globally. In Africa, 5.5 million women have unsafe abortions annually. Although maternal deaths due to complications of abortion have declined in Ethiopia, women
Tefera Taddele   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ultrasound monitoring of the uterus and ovaries of dominant and subordinate females of yellow-breasted capuchin (Sapajus xanthosternos) and robust tufted capuchin (Sapajus robustus) in captive colonies during the ovarian cycle and anestrus periods [PDF]

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2020
: The yellow-breasted capuchin (Sapajus xanthosternos) and robust tufted capuchin (Sapajus robustus) are endangered species due to destruction of their natural habitat and predatory chase. However, it is still necessary to elucidate some details of their
Thalita A. Pissinatti   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reproductive success through high pollinator visitation rates despite self incompatibility in an endangered wallflower [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Self incompatibility (SI) in rare plants presents a unique challenge—SI protects plants from inbreeding depression, but requires a sufficient number of mates and xenogamous pollination. Does SI persist in an endangered polyploid? Is
Herman, Julie A.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

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